people refuse to boycott anything, for any amount of time. thats what leads to getting to be so expensive.
in reality, it would be ideal if everyone was willling to boycott anything (maybe everything ) for any amount of time ( possibly up to a max of infinity )

better to keep track of a ton of torrents and seed the ones that go completely dead

https://ultralig.ht

And cache

You really trust a company(google) who warns users about malware from apks(non-google)… and then hosts plenty of unchecked malware in their own store. Im sick of this shit. I have my own friends distrusting me because of what google is telling them.

Google is corrupt

I cant find any information that discusses the security risk. But it would seem that this transfering all content to the owner of the phone number is a standard feature.
So, maybe its not discussed because it doesn’t frequently happen.
It doesnt seem like a trustworthy way to ensure users’ content remains secure.
Update:
https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/8r7tbc/someone_impersonating_me_using_my_old_number_what/
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062012-Change-Number
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062452-What-do-I-do-if-my-phone-is-lost-or-stolen
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059752-Backup-and-Restore-Messages

If someone trys to register with an existing number then it wont work if its already being used.
Im not sure on this^
Better to enable a security pin if you are concerned.
The traditional phone system involvement is annoying.

”It’s important to maintain control of this phone number."

I strongly feel that this is false.

This is what flatpak brings to the table

There are way more companies who want to text-mine user content than there are blind people using the internet to read my content.

Diaspora has private groups. But many downsides.
For example… discovering people, first involves sharing with them.

It would be dfficult to keep all kinds of random things in an affordable database.

I’m more concerned about the meaning of life. Which, conveniently is 42.

I hear people frequently say this.

Searx is basically a proxy. If you had an actual proxy… you would achieve the exact same benefits. Its good for making it difficult… or extremely difficult to tie a person’s real identity, directly to their search query.
Another thing that searx does is sends your query to google. This is not good for privacy. But sometimes it gives you additional results.

I dont think paying money is the answer. But it may make sense for some people in some cases.
For example: for someone who uses gmail… switching to protonmail is a huge leap. And donating money(or buying service) is a way to ensure that it remains sustainable and continues to grow.

Essentially, It really isnt that hard.
But
A) there is no unified project for the masses.
B) it is very hard to create a universal search engine that gives you needed info for something extremely unexpected like “reggae feline flames scanner” .

mastodon on a homeserver. no public posting.

thats not entirely true.

do some research

Too late.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS already exists